Texas Regions
This region contains the cities of Dallas, San Antonio and Houston
What is the Coastal Plains?
This explorer searched for Cibola the city of Gold
Who is Coronado?
This Spanish mission was founded in 1718 and would later become the location of a famous last stand?
What is the Alamo or San Antonio De Valero
This Texas tribe farmed, built cone-shaped houses and had a vast trade network.
What is the Caddo?
This word is used for Spanish explorers.
Conquistador
This region has high elevation, few cities and contains Palo Duro Canyon.
What is the Great Plains?
This explorer was murdered by his own men and triggered Spanish colonization of Texas.
Who is LaSalle?
This is the word for a Spanish fort designed to protect the Catholic missions.
What is a presidio?
This Texas tribe wore very little clothing, ate bugs and cactus.
Coahuiltecan
What language were Natives forced to adapt in the missions?
Spanish
This region has the least amount of rainfall.
What is Mountains and Basins?
This explorer conquered the Aztec empire in Mexico and created the settlement of Vera Cruz.
Who is Cortes?
What is smallpox?
This Texas tribe adapted by making dugout canoes and fishing nets.
Karankawa
This precious metal is what Spain was looking for in Texas but did not find.
What is Gold or Silver
This region contains Ft.Worth and is home to the state sport of Rodeo.
What is North Central Plains?
This explorer shipwrecked on Galveston Island and became a slave of the Karankawa.
Who is Cabeza De Vaca?
Reasons the Spanish missions failed.
1. Lack of Native interest. 2. Disease 3. Cost
This Texas tribe adapted by irrigating their crops with water from the Rio Grande.
Jumano
The Spanish Caste system placed what group at the top?
Peninsulares
This region was home to the Jumano Indians
Mountains and Basins
This explorer discovered and named the West Indies on his voyage in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Reason for Spanish colonization of Texas.
Push out the French
This Caddo are considered part of what larger Native culture?
Southeastern culture
What first for Texas occurred in 1519?
Pineda made a map of the Texas Coast.